Gunhei Yokoi resigns!

GAME magazine used such a cover title for the cover of their latest issue, and on top of this full-color cover were two photographs of Gunpei Yokoi, which split the cover in half from the middle of the cover, a full-color photo on the left, and a black-and-white photo on the right.

In that full-color photo, Yokoi Junhei is holding his arms tightly and holding them high, which is the excitement he showed when he saw the endless stream of buyers in the Ginza area when GW was just released, and the other photo is a picture of him pursing his lips tightly, his eyebrows furrowed vigorously on his forehead, and his face was gloomy as if he could drip water. And this one, it's black and white.

Jester was holding this issue of "GAME", he didn't open it, he was just looking at the cover.

Jester, who was notified as soon as the news was received by the "GAME" magazine, and Jester had an incredible expression on his face when he learned the news, and then he shouted that it was impossible, because he knew too well that Yokoi Junhei was a human being.

However, it is clear that the news of "GAME" magazine is not fake.

Nintendo is a listed company, and the change in the top management of their company is to be notified to the public, and Yokoi Junhei, who served as the head of Nintendo's first hardware development department, applied for resignation because of a disagreement in philosophy, and the company's president, Yamauchi Pu, agreed to Yokoi's resignation in the case of repeated unsuccessful retention, the reason is not very clear, and only a few words are not in line with the concept.

Then all kinds of gossip came out of Nintendo, and Jester heard a lot of rumors about it, and then he drew his own reasoning from many rumors that were both true and false.

First of all, it is certain that this time Yokoi's resignation must be related to the major events that happened to Nintendo before, and the major events that happened to Nintendo before are undoubtedly their alliance with Sony, and what does this matter have to do with Yokoi Junpei......

At the thought of this, Jester's eyes suddenly lit up.

Although the details of Nintendo's cooperation with Sony have not been omitted by the two companies, it is still the same sentence, as a listed company, the large-scale transfer in the company must be announced to the public, and this time they set up a new game console development team with Sony, and the matter of Ken Kutaragi from Sony as the team leader was naturally announced to the public.

However, when Jester first saw the news, he had a strange feeling.

It's not because of Kuta being the head of the development team, with Nintendo's needs for Sony and Kuta's ability, it is natural for him to serve as the team leader, nor because of Masayuki Uemura as the chief designer, because Masayuki Uemura himself is the chief designer of FC and NES, and there should be no more experience than Masayuki Uemura in this world in terms of home game console development.

And although Sony is world-renowned for its R&D capabilities, they have only been engaged in the development of home appliances after all, and their experience as a developer of home game consoles is definitely not as good as Nintendo's.

As for Goto Zhenyou, Jester will not have any doubts, he was a fan of Sony games in his previous life, and he is naturally thunderous about Goto Zhenyou's Daming, the soul of the industrial design designer Sony in the field of engineering, in the field of engineering, his name represents the world's first.

However, he alone did not find another crucial name in it.

That is Gunpei Yokoi.

For Yokoi Junhei's status, Jester is very clear, according to the general principle, in a design group that gathers almost all Nintendo's hardware developers, it is extremely undesirable to exclude the soul of Nintendo's hardware development, even if Yokoi Junhei is not as suitable for the development of home consoles as Uemura Masayuki, then according to the old tradition of a Kyoto company.

Nor is it possible to exclude a person of such stature.

Of course, if it's my will, then it's naturally another story, Jester thought it was Yokoi Junhei's own intention at the time, but now judging from the news of Yokoi Junhei's resignation, I'm afraid it was excluded, and it wasn't Yokoi Junhei's own intention.

As for the concept of public announcement, it is not in line with ......

Jester set his sights on one of the many messages he had gathered.

R&D of handheld machines.

After thinking of this, some things that I didn't understand before, I didn't understand, and I instantly understood it, and if Yokoi Junpei had been insisting on the development of the handheld machine before and the idea of Yamauchi Pu and Uemura Masayuki going all out to develop the home machine, it would not be difficult to understand why Nintendo's statement would be inconsistent with a concept in the news.

When he thought about this, Jester couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Only he knows that if he really makes GAMEBOY in advance, plus Nintendo's talent in handheld games that Nintendo has not discovered now, then the future is really hard to say.

You must know that Nintendo in the future, but relying on their handhelds, even in their most difficult periods, they firmly control a part of the market.

Even for a period of time, handheld games became the backbone of Nintendo.

Then, Jester's mind was activated, since Gunpei Yokoi had left Nintendo, could he invite the other party to Mars Entertainment? In what name is it better to invite? Do you want to go yourself? These are all questions that Jester needs to think about immediately, otherwise, it is very likely that someone will be the first to take the lead.

After Gunpei Yokoi left Nintendo, he suddenly felt relaxed.

You don't need to think about so many messy things all the time, you just need to get up early every morning, go out for a run, go home and eat a little breakfast made by your wife, and then read some newspapers or other books, or write something that interests you, and the day is so simple.

Simple and enjoyable.

However, he still needs to find a job, but this time Yokoi Junhei only wants to find a company that shares his philosophy to cooperate, so he has already politely declined the invitation of several friends who contacted him as soon as the news of his departure from Nintendo was announced.

The doorbell rang, and Gunhei Yokoi put down the Bi in his hand, he was writing the content of a new game he had conceived, and had just written a beginning, when his inspiration was interrupted by a sudden ringing of the bell.

However, Yokoi Junhei was also not angry, but he stretched his waist, got up from the tatami mat, and walked towards the gate.

There were two people who came, one of whom he knew, a friend of Namco's named Yamaki.

The other was very eye-catching, the other party was wearing a spotless suit, and the moment he saw Yokoi, he bowed to Yokoi Junhei, and at the same time said a lot of care.

His friend named Yamaki immediately introduced him, and he was accompanied by a minister of Nippon Electric.

Dedicated to the research and development of PC-E game consoles.

PC-E is the product that NEC is preparing to enter the video game market this time, it is an eight-bit console, but it is a very special eight-bit computer, because their CPU is still eight-bit, but they will use a sixteen-bit display chip on this game console, and their research and development of this game console has been basically completed, and they can sell it at any time in the first half of this year.

After knowing that the other party was from NEC, Yokoi immediately knew the other party's intention.

However, he did not show the slightest expression that could reveal his inner thoughts, but instead welcomed the other party in and poured tea for the other party.

Then, I was listening to the persuasion of the other party.

To be honest, the conditions given by NEC are very sincere, and they are ready to hire Gunhei Yokoi as the development director of the PC-E follow-up improved model and the next-generation model, taking full responsibility for this matter, and ensuring that they will never interfere, and NEC also guarantees that their development capabilities will definitely not be inferior to Sony, and even better in this regard.

However, Yokoi Junhei just listened quietly, and none of these could impress him.

If he wants to develop a next-generation home machine, then as long as he expresses this idea at Nintendo, they will not be swept away, and Masayuki Uemura will not be qualified to compete with him for the title of chief designer.

And now, NEC still wants to recruit him with a position that he is not even interested in Nintendo, is it impossible to be effective?

Therefore, after the senior management of Nippon Electric spoke bitterly for a long time, he just changed to a very bland reply from Yokoi Junhei: "Thank you for your kindness, Yokoi understands, but I do lack enough interest in developing home game consoles, please forgive me." ”

Such a simple refusal also made it impossible for NEC to tell.

After sending off NEC's lobbyist, Yokoi's face showed a slight look of disappointment, but it was only fleeting.

But before he could write a few words, the doorbell rang again.

When he opened the door, Yokoi saw a very familiar face, but this face he usually did not have the opportunity to see with his own eyes, and could only be seen in newspapers or television.

The person in front of him is very young, but in the position of details, he is indeed incomparable.

"Hello."

Jester looked at Yokoi Junhei standing in front of him, took the initiative to stretch out his palm, and at the same time said hello in his mouth. R1152